Whats a rough idea of a good temperature for the area the little guy spends most of his time in?
I have a 125 gallon tank thats basically divided into thirds. Right now, he spends almost all of his time in his "hide" (plastic hollow half lug tortoise hut), which is on the left third of the tank. The temperature/humidity gauge there generally reads about 82F. I have a ceramic heat emitter over the middle third of the tank, but the little guy doesn't seem to want to venture out there. I think I'll move that over to his hide area, but I'm just curious as to a rough idea of a number to shoot for. I understand they hide a lot, so I'm not certain I'd notice a big difference in his behavior, but my concern is that he doesn't seem to be heading out to his water dishes enough (I have 2, a larger one in the center and a smaller one in the corner by his hide).
The humidity needs some work too as it tends to drift down to about 45%. I have a hand held mister that I use to get it up as often as I can. I think I'm going to get an automatic mister, especially for when I work, and convert the substrat to sphagnum moss (using Exo Terra Jungle Bark right now). Also, I'm thinking about getting some live plants for the opposite end (he hasn't really gone there at all yet). I have a bunch of plastic ones around his hide so far.
I'm gonna try to attach a picture of his home, but its from just before I got him. I since switched out the heat lamp for the ceramic heat emitter and am not really using the UVB lights.
Any advice on temperature would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Frank
I have a 125 gallon tank thats basically divided into thirds. Right now, he spends almost all of his time in his "hide" (plastic hollow half lug tortoise hut), which is on the left third of the tank. The temperature/humidity gauge there generally reads about 82F. I have a ceramic heat emitter over the middle third of the tank, but the little guy doesn't seem to want to venture out there. I think I'll move that over to his hide area, but I'm just curious as to a rough idea of a number to shoot for. I understand they hide a lot, so I'm not certain I'd notice a big difference in his behavior, but my concern is that he doesn't seem to be heading out to his water dishes enough (I have 2, a larger one in the center and a smaller one in the corner by his hide).
The humidity needs some work too as it tends to drift down to about 45%. I have a hand held mister that I use to get it up as often as I can. I think I'm going to get an automatic mister, especially for when I work, and convert the substrat to sphagnum moss (using Exo Terra Jungle Bark right now). Also, I'm thinking about getting some live plants for the opposite end (he hasn't really gone there at all yet). I have a bunch of plastic ones around his hide so far.
I'm gonna try to attach a picture of his home, but its from just before I got him. I since switched out the heat lamp for the ceramic heat emitter and am not really using the UVB lights.
Any advice on temperature would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Frank